Enuma Ezenwa recorded the program's third-finest heptathlon score during the meet

LEXINGTON, Va. -- Behind a slew of outstanding
individual efforts, the Christopher Newport men's and women's track & field
team wrapped up its first outdoor meet of the season with a strong showing at
the Washington & Lee Carnival.

During the two-day competition, the
Captains were led by Daulton Teaford,
who came through with three excellent performances during the meet. The
sophomore speedster took the top spot in the 200-meter dash after blistering the
field with a time of 21.66. He also was the runner-up in the 100-meter dash
after finishing in 11.00. Capping off his meet with a third top-five effort, he
anchored the 4x400-relay squad, which finished fifth overall. Along with
Teaford, Robert Mayes, Matt Gaddy, and Nathan Joyce
completed the event in 3:22.52.

After wrapping up his winter season with
an appearance at the NCAA Championships, freshman Dominique Torres kicked off the outdoor season with a
first-place showing in the long jump after notching a leap of 6.80 meters. He
was followed closely by teammate Philip
Christophe, who placed second with a distance of 6.63
meters.

In other events on the men's side, Mayes notched a time of 49.72
in the 400-meters, which placed him fifth overall. Sterling Giles also came in sixth in the triple jump with
a distance of 13.04 meters, while Samuel Martin
came in seventh in the 800-meters and Daniel Richard
finished ninth in the 3000-steeplechase. Brian Strickland
also placed 10th in the decathlon after posting a score of 5,165.

In the
vertical and field events, Alexander Hurd
and Christopher Comeau tied for first in the pole
vault "B" section after clearing 4.00 meters. Anthony Melton led the throwers, highlighted by a
40.08-meter toss in the discus. That effort placed him 14th in the
field.

On the women's side, Enuma Ezenwa
headlined the meet after notching a score of 3,987 in the heptathlon. That
performance not only placed her fourth in the field, but it also marked the
third-finest score in CNU history. During the combined event, she led the way
with a time of 15.55 in the 100-meter hurdles and also placed second in the high
jump with a leap of 1.61 meters. Her effort in the high jump currently ranks
fifth in program history.

Jennifer
Westerholm also finished seventh in the heptathlon with a score of
3,662, while Danielle Crowley
was right behind her in eighth at 3,626. Both of those scores also rank among
the top-10 in program history.

Fredsal Walker
looked strong as well in her first meet of the spring, finishing fourth in both
the 100-hurdles and 200-meters. She also placed seventh in the 400-hurdles, just
edging out Westerholm, who finished eighth.